Citation

Craig V. Accid. Reconstr. J. 2010; 20(1): 25-32.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Accident Reconstruction Journal)

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Abstract

This article provides information and photographs from a 1998 series of seven motorcycle crash tests. In these tests, the motorcycles were attached to a pulley-and-cable system and were kept upright by an outrigger. Each motorcycle was towed into a stationary target vehicle (the cables released just before impact). The motorcycles were "ridden" by 160-pound crash test dummies, attached to the motorcycles with thin plastic strips. The last two tests were conducted without a dummy on board, because they were too badly damaged by the first 5 tests to be used again. Details from each of the six tests, as well as the pilot test, are provided and include: impact speed, target vehicle, front axle post crash slide, type of motorcycle, surface friction, target area, rear axle post crash slide, the crush profile, scene measurements, and motorcycle wheelbase reduction. Readers are referred to the full videotape of these tests, available from the National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists (www.NAPARS.org/store).